In its second wave of litigation, Lonestar Biometrics LLC asserts the same three patents—described as generally related to “technology involving scanning and image capturing through a display screen in mobile and handheld devices”—this time against ASUSTek (2:23-cv-00015) and Lenovo (2:23-cv-00014). Both complaints were also filed in the Eastern District of Texas. Little has happened in the plaintiff’s prior case against TCL, while litigation against the other three defendants, OnePlus, Samsung, and ZTE, has either ended or is about to end. Fingerprint scanning by mobile devices remains the focus of this campaign.

Lonestar Biometrics LLC has filed its first litigation, suing OnePlus (2:22-cv-00239), Samsung (2:22-cv-00240), TCL (2:22-cv-00241), and ZTE (2:22-cv-00242) over the provision of smartphones “with optical fingerprint scanners embedded beneath the display screen”, calling out the OnePlus 10 Pro, Samsung Galaxy S21 FE, TCL 20 Pro, and ZTE Axon 30 Ultra, respectively. The plaintiff identifies as its corporate parent an entity familiar to patent monetization; however, the source of the three asserted patents suggests that the new Lonestar Biometrics campaign marks a bit of a departure for that corporate parent.